In late 2015 Onlookers at a tuition fee protest in South Africa were almost moved to tears after white students formed a human shield around black demonstrators to protect them from police.
The group of protesters were taking part in the ongoing #feesmustfall campaign at the Eastcape Midlands College when officers, who had reportedly already used force against the students, started moving in.
https://youtu.be/_oI8_Hv1zg0
That’s when white students from neighbouring Rhodes University surrounded their peers stepped in.
https://twitter.com/BongoMuffing/status/656443302028423168/photo/1
citizen.co.za/827670/uct-protesters-call-for-white-human-shield
thinkprogress.org/world/2015/10/22/3715187/south-africa-students
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